The guys who were employed for this Private Maritime Security Company (PMSC) did their jobs well, not one commercial vessel was taken by pirates whilst these guards were onboard, and that's hundreds maybe thousands of Indian Ocean transits. I guess that this companies fees for supplying guards to tankers, cargo and container vessels have been undercut by other companies who can supply armed guards from nations other than Britain at a cheaper rate. The demand for armed guards in The Indian Ocean is likely to reduce as maritime crime in the area is mitigated by the presence of International military who patrol the area by sea and air. On the other side of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, violent piracy is rife, but does not get reported in the UK or US media unless western crew are kidnapped. On the down side as far as PMSC's are concerned, West African countries and particularly Nigeria patrol its own Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) albeit not very well, and does not allow foreign armed guards to protect commercial vessels in their waters (we wouldn't want that over here to be honest but there again we pretty much have piracy under control in the English Channel!). As a footnote, GoAGT bosses have played a blinder in that they have 'ceased trading', and not 'gone into liquidation', by doing this, their guys who are now stranded in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea will not receive a penny in owed wages, holiday money or redundancy. After a long legal battle they will receive any redundancy monies owed via the Government, (not wages though) and from GoAGT.

The guys who were employed for this Private Maritime Security Company (PMSC) did their jobs well, not one commercial vessel was taken by pirates whilst these guards were onboard, and that's hundreds maybe thousands of Indian Ocean transits. I guess that this companies fees for supplying guards to tankers, cargo and container vessels have been undercut by other companies who can supply armed guards from nations other than Britain at a cheaper rate. The demand for armed guards in The Indian Ocean is likely to reduce as maritime crime in the area is mitigated by the presence of International military who patrol the area by sea and air. On the other side of Africa, in the Gulf of Guinea, violent piracy is rife, but does not get reported in the UK or US media unless western crew are kidnapped. On the down side as far as PMSC's are concerned, West African countries and particularly Nigeria patrol its own Economic Exclusion Zone (EEZ) albeit not very well, and does not allow foreign armed guards to protect commercial vessels in their waters (we wouldn't want that over here to be honest but there again we pretty much have piracy under control in the English Channel!). As a footnote, GoAGT bosses have played a blinder in that they have 'ceased trading', and not 'gone into liquidation', by doing this, their guys who are now stranded in the Indian Ocean and Red Sea will not receive a penny in owed wages, holiday money or redundancy. After a long legal battle they will receive any redundancy monies owed via the Government, (not wages though) and from GoAGT.Brite Spark